Titanic (1997) Review

Who hasn't seen James Cameron's Oscar-winning Titanic? Very few of us. So of course, this was another rewatch for me. The quality of the film decreased, but I still enjoyed it. It's interesting at first, but the opening scene drags on for too long. But, it wasn't a huge bother. The first 90 minutes of the film couldn't be more perfect, but there's that next 104 minutes to ruin it for us all. The first 90 minutes had our eyes glued to the screen, loving the good characters and hating the bad, and we're convinced for once that romantic movies aren't terrible. The first problem with the next 104 minutes is that it is 104 minutes. The pace of the movie was perfect, but now for some reason we need to see the sinking of the ship and the ending in 104 mins when it could easily have been 50 minutes. And of course, since the sinking takes that long, we are forced to see repeats of everything and plenty of unnecessary add-ons to make the film longer. It's not completely ruined yet, but it certainly dropped plenty of the magic that the first half had. But, just when I think it can't get much worse, the film ruins itself the way season 6 of Lost did. I can't rewatch Lost, one of my favorite shows, because season 6 ruined everything leading up to it with unnecessary character deaths and none of the fantastic mystery the first 5 seasons had. It's not as tragic as Lost went down, but the Titanic does the same thing: an very unnecessary character death. I also wasn't a big fan of the ending after that.
Movie Rating: B+